ORCHID FAMILY. 

 4. Corallorhiza multifldra Nutt. Large Coral-root. (Fig. u, 



Nrtt. 



Scape S'-at/ high, purplbb. clothed whh MT. 

 eral apprested scale*. Raceme a'-S' loog. 10- 

 30-flowered; flower* 6"-$'' high, browvfcb par- 

 pie, short-pediccllel; tepaU and petal* amne- 

 what connivent at the h*e, Hoear-laaecolal*. 

 about 3" long; lip white, .potted and liaol nh 

 purple, oval or ovate in outline, deeply \ lofced. 

 crcnulate, the middle lobe broader than the 

 lateral ones, its apex curved: pur manlfeX. yel- 

 lowish; capsule ovoid or oblong. j"-" lovf. 

 drooping. 



Ill u 



to I'loriu.t. 



yellow acapes and fli.u m NrW*.. 



cording to Williamnj. 



5. Corallorhiza striata Lindl. Striped Coral-root. (Fig. i 



Corallorhiza striata I,indl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. 5^4. 

 1840. 



Corallorhiza Macraei A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 453. 1856. 



Scape stout, purplish, 8 / -2o / high. Raceme 2'-6 x 

 long, io-25-flowered. Flowers dark purple; sepals 

 and petals narrowly elliptic, striped with deeper 

 purple lines, 6 r/ -7 x/ long, spreading; lip oval or ob- 

 ovate, entire or a little undulate, somewhat nar- 

 rowed at the base, about as long as the petals; spur 

 none, but the perianth has a gibbous saccate base; 

 capsule ellipsoid, reflcxed, S^-io" long. 



In woods, Ontario and northern New York to Michi- 

 gan, Oregon and California. Jul}-. 



14. TIPULARIA Nutt. Gen. 2: 195. 



Slender scapose herbs, with solid bulbs, several generation* connc- 

 flowers in a long loose terminal raceme. Leaf solitary, basal, un: 

 ering season (in autumn), usually after the scape has j>crished. Scape wiU 

 sheathing scales at the base. Flowers green, nodding, bractlea*. Sepal* and pet 

 spreading. Lip 3-lobed, produced backwardly into a very long spur. Colu 

 less or very narrowly winged. Anther terminal, operculate, a-celled. 

 waxy, 2 in each anther-sac, separate, affixed to a short stipe, whi 

 [Latin, similar to Tipula, a genus of insects, in allusion to the form ol 



Two known species, the following of eastern North America, the other H 



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